The Passion of the Christ

Synopsis

By his wounds, we were healed.

"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on Christ's suffering, especially on the part of the Jewish community. The film's languages are Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and it's actors are laymen which was controversially received as well.

I am not a Christian. If I had to describe my spirituality I would say that I'm an optimistic agnostic. I have been known to call out Christian filmmakers for making some of the worst pieces of trash of all time. One of my most used tags on letterboxd is "Christianity is the Uwe Boll of religions" because of how many horrendous Christian films have come out in recent years. That being said, I really respected this film.

I use the word respected because I got absolutely no enjoyment out of this film. It is a harrowing experience that shocked me, disturbed me, and even brought me to tears. The Passion is often called a horror film and torture porn…

This film has been hanging over my head for the longest time. I've always had a desire to see it, just to see how violent it really does get. I wish I could go back in time and strangle that little jerk who put that thought into my head. Or just slap Mel Gibson for making this film (and some other things). It's not the many biblical inconsistencies that really even bother me about the film. Sure, I can forget that Simon was more willing to carry Jesus' cross than this film says. Sure, I can forget the gratuitous use of slow motion. What I can't forgive, is the constant unflinching…

The Passion of the Christ is an emotional and touching film about Jesus being claimed to be a fake by the Romans and hung for it. Directed by Mel Gibson this film tells this in a dark, serious, emotional, and fantastic way. People can say what they want about this movie, and for some reason Christians are treated poor now a days but this film is one of the best movies I've seen.

Sorry Team America, THIS is the best comedy of 2004. Disgusting, manipulative and, overall, hillarious. That Gibson managed to make the pain of Jesus so extremist to the point that it becomes funny is an achivement, and even more for how graphic and detail is its depiction. Even if i know about every single character in this film, i couldn't care less about them. It's incredible The Last Temptation Of Christ is a better christian film than this monument of Gibson's hate and unbearable mentality of the world. I will go so far to say that this is the biggest inspiration on the making of Man Of Steel: it has almost the same problems for his narrative and the terrible use of slow-mo being worse than a Snyder film.